{"id":3564,"date":"2017-04-23T23:09:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T21:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/?page_id=3564"},"modified":"2017-04-23T23:09:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-23T21:09:45","slug":"alan-reed","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/?page_id=3564","title":{"rendered":"Alan Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/iskcrocks.com\/foto\/ARFull.jpg?w=848&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ARFull.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Prog-Rock frontman to solo artist.<\/p>\n<p>Although primarily known as a singer, I&#8217;ve always considered myself as much a musician as a frontman.  I&#8217;ve played guitar and written songs since my teens, and originally intended to become a bass-player.  Singing was something I blundered into along the way.   <\/p>\n<p>I never planned to go solo, but now I&#8217;m working on my own I&#8217;ve got the freedom to explore some of those skills.  Most of the guitars and bass on the album have been played by me.  I still love the thrill of working with other musicians, but it&#8217;s oddly liberating being in overall control.<\/p>\n<p>I have an extensive back-catalogue. As well as a number of studio and live albums with Pallas (the band I fronted for 25 years), I&#8217;ve appeared on a number of other recordings<\/p>\n<p>These include Abel Ganz (the Glasgow band I left to join Pallas), Prog-supergroup NEO, the rock-opera &#8216;SHE&#8217;, and guest appearamces with Parzivals Eye, Harvest, Strangers on a Train etc.<\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/reddwarfrecordings.co.uk\/home\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/reddwarfrecordings.co.uk\/home<\/a><br \/>\nFacebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlanReedMusician\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlanReedMusician\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">From Prog-Rock frontman to solo artist. Although primarily known as a singer, I&#8217;ve always considered myself as much a musician as a frontman. I&#8217;ve played guitar and written songs since my teens, and originally intended to become a bass-player. Singing was something I blundered into along the way. I never planned to go solo, but now I&#8217;m working on my&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/?page_id=3564\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3564","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","xfolkentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PbEcyi-Vu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iskcrocks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}